Sex Pistols' Lydon a big fan of Gaga

Lady Gaga has discovered she has another big celebrity fan - Sex Pistols frontman John Lydon.

The punk icon, aka Johnny Rotten, admits he finds so few of today's stars interesting - but he loves a little Gaga.

And he's taking credit for her.

"I have done something good that Lady Gaga is so quite as mentally insane as she is (sic)," he told the Los Angeles Times.

"There's someone out there... (who is) ultimately just shock, but the lyrics are so good. They really are. And so every now and again, as corrupt as the music industry is, there is one in there that can manipulate it properly. She's one. So applause to her."